unavailable
英[ʌnə'veɪləb(ə)l]
美['ʌnə'veləbl]
- adj. 难以获得的；不能利用的；不近便的
词态变化
名词: unavailability;
助记提示
1、un- "not" + a- "to" (see ad-) + -vail- "be worth".
英文词源
- unavailable (adj.)
- 1540s, "ineffectual," from un- (1) "not" + available. Meaning "incapable of being used" is recorded from 1855. Unavailing has taken up the older sense of the word.
双语例句
- 1. Basic food products are frequently unavailable in the state shops.
- 在国营商店里经常连一些基本食品都买不到。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mr Hicks is out of the country and so unavailable for comment.
- 希克斯先生目前不在国内，所以无法发表评论。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Such luxuries are unavailable to ordinary people.
- 此等奢侈品普通百姓是难以获得的。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Her manuscript is unavailable.
- [美]她的稿件不拟采用.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
- 我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。
来自柯林斯例句